Glazebury and Bury Lane railway station

Glazebury and Bury Lane is a closed railway station between Liverpool and Manchester.[4][5]

Glazebury and Bury Lane
General information
LocationCulcheth and Glazebury, Warrington
England
Coordinates53.4677°N 2.4943°W / 53.4677; -2.4943
Grid referenceSJ674969
Platforms2[1]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLiverpool and Manchester Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLMSR
Key dates
15 September 1830Station opened as Bury Lane[2]
July 1878Station renamed Glazebury and Bury Lane[3]
7 July 1958Station closed[3]

The station opened on 15 September 1830 by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway as Bury Lane, being renamed Glazebury and Bury Lane in 1878.[6] The station closed on 7 July 1958.

References

  1. Fields, Gilbert & Knight 1980, Photo 46.
  2. Butt 1995, p. 50.
  3. Butt 1995, p. 104.
  4. Smith & Turner 2012, Map 45.
  5. Conolly 1998, p. 45.
  6. Butt 1995, pp. 50, 104.

Sources

  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • Fields, N; Gilbert, A C; Knight, N R (1980), Liverpool to Manchester into the Second Century, Manchester Transport Museum Society, ISBN 978-0-900857-19-5
  • Conolly, W. Philip (1998). British railways pre-grouping atlas and gazetteer (9th impression; 5th ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-0320-0. OCLC 221481275.
  • Smith, Paul; Turner, Keith (2012), Railway Atlas Then and Now, Ian Allan Publishing, ISBN 978-0-7110-3695-6
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Kenyon Junction
Line open, station closed
  London and North Western Railway
Liverpool and Manchester Railway
  Flow Moss
Line open, station closed


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